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FLEGT Week 2015: Closing plenary, the Report

FLEGT Week 2015 was a unique opportunity to reflect on the full scope of the EU FLEGT Action Plan, including but not limited to VPAs and the EU Timber Regulation, learn from the achievements and challenges, and discuss technical aspects of FLEGT. It took place on 16-19 March in Brussels.

Below you will see the highlights of the closing plenary, that took place Thursday 19 March, from 11:15 to 12:30.

Highlights

FLEGT Week brought together nearly 300 participants from more than 50 countries.

Participants reviewed progress that has been made through the EU FLEGT Action Plan and made clear recommendations for the future of the fight against illegal logging

What was an EU initiative is now a global alliance

FLEGT cannot address all challenges

Private sector is generally supportive of VPAs but more attention is needed on SMEs

More effective implementation of the EU FLEGT Action Plan and great coordination with related initiatives in other markets is needed

VPA partner countries close to FLEGT licensing asked for support for marketing in consumer countries

Speakers from civil society called for a new Action Plan that addresses the wider challenges of deforestation

Featuring

Closing speech Neven Mimica, European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development

Moderator Roberto Ridolfi, European Commission

Panelists

Andy Roby, Forest advisor

Raphael Yeboah, Forestry Commission of Ghana

US Congressman Earl Blumenauer

Matthias Schwoerer, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture of Germany

About the EU FLEGT Facility

The EU FLEGT Facility supports the implementation of the EU FLEGT Action Plan with a focus on Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs). The EU FLEGT Action Plan sets out a programme of actions that forms the EU’s response to the problem of illegal logging and the trade in associated timber products. The Facility is hosted by the European Forest Institute (EFI), and was established in 2007.

This website has been produced with the assistance of the European Union and the Governments of Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The contents of this site are the sole responsibility of the European Forest Institute's EU FLEGT Facility and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of funding organisations.